Hello and welcome! My name is XXXXX XXXXX I will try my level best to help with your situation or get you to someone who can..If we are assuming that you are caught for the offense and charged with a crime, it would likely be charged as either felony or misdemeanor malicious injury to property. If the damage is over $1,000 it is a felony, under a misdemeanor. The misdemeanor carries up to a year in jail and the felony 1 to 5 years in prision under Idaho law. (Idaho Statutes §18-7001).This would be considered a criminal conviction and would result in you having to disclose it indefinitely on job applications, college entrance exams, etc. If it was a felony, it can stigmatize your record forever and prevent you from getting certain jobs, owning a firearm, getting loans, etc..So it kind of goes without saying that it would not be a good idea to do this and to think up some other way to get back at him that couldn't get you thrown in jai.....ThanksBarrister.

Thank you for your advice. I have another follow up question to ask. I'll be more specific this time. Let's say I take a buck knife and glide it along my ex boyfriends car from the hood to the trunk. Only on one side of the car. Let's say I do the same exact thing to his new lovers car. If I do it in the middle of the night and there is no one around to witness the crime. Then let's say he takes a warrant out on me for doing this. Yet he can't prove it. So the police come to my home with a warrant for my arrest. I go to jail for however long it takes for my trial to be heard, I guess is how it works. Then I just get up on the stand and deny the entire thing, he has no way of proving it. I have a spotless criminal record. Wouldn't I get off with community service? Maybe even walk off free because he has no proof of what I did?

Well, if there is no proof that you did it, then you wouldn't even be charged. He could claim you did it all he wanted, but without any physical evidence and if you have a solid alibi, it is unlikely that you would even be charged. The police would question you, but if they can't find anything incriminating, it is just his "feeling" that you did it..And no, even if you were charged, you would be arrested and then likely either released on your own recognizance or allowed a 3rd party bond where someone just signs you out and is responsible for ensuring you make it to any court dates..You only suffer a penalty if you are convicted of a crime. So no proof means no conviction..Still a bad idea though.....lots of potential future problems for just a little satisfaction...Go date his best friend instead or discuss his physical attributes (or lack thereof) in the romantic department with all your girlfriends....The cars will get fixed with insurance and that will be it, but rumors and gossip last a lot longer....ThanksBarrister

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